Mumbai: When doctors at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital in Parel drew blood from a two-and-a-half-month-old baby girl, they froze. Instead of the familiar crimson, the syringe filled with a thick, pinkish liquid.What began as an evaluation for an enlarged heart quickly turned into a race against time to save a child suffering from familial lipoprotein…
Mumbai: Four pedestrian bridges over railway tracks in south and central Mumbai, flagged as unsafe by the railways, will undergo structural audits by IIT Bombay, with the BMC set to seek approval from the civic standing committee to pay the IIT-Bombay institute Rs 12 lakh in advance for the exercise.The proposal, which will be placed…
Mumbai: From next year, all exams conducted by the state govt will be held online, school education minister Dada Bhuse announced in the Maharashtra assembly on Monday. A committee has been formed under state chief secretary Rajesh Agarwal to create the necessary infrastructure to conduct online examinations. Bhuse added that all those found guilty in…
Navi Mumbai: In a shocking case of animal cruelty, a pet dog’s head was completely blown off in Neral after he went towards a food bait that was attached to an illegal explosive.Bombay High Court-appointed honorary animal welfare officer, Soorraj Saha, helped lodge an FIR in the case and intimated the state forest department about…
Mumbai: Two officials of the state-run JJ Mahanagar Blood Bank, the largest in Maharashtra, have been sacked over allegations of irregularities in the handling and distribution of blood units, it was announced in the council on Monday.“Their services are being terminated and an FIR is being registered,” minister of state for health Meghana Bordikar told…
Thane: A fire broke out at a timber warehouse in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra‘s Thane district in the early hours of Sunday, and no casualties were reported in the incident, an official said. The blaze erupted at the facility in the Bhinar Nimbavali area around 5 am, the official said. “Three fire engines from the…
Mumbai: A total of 11 baby crocodiles were rescued from a water tank located near Vihar Lake in Mumbai’s eastern suburb of Bhandup, a civic official said on Saturday.Pre-monsoon cleaning and maintenance were carried out at the water tank, he said.Workers spotted a few crocodiles and immediately informed the forest department.Rescuers from Resqink Association for…
The calf was buried at Versova beach Mumbai: A blue whale calf, about 25ft long, died after being stranded along the rocky Bandra coast on Saturday morning.Veterinarians, officials from the forest department’s mangrove cell and the civic body, and other rescue teams attempted to save it but failed. The carcass was recovered with the help…
MUMBAI: A Mumbai metropolitan court has acquitted a woman accused in a two decade old investment fraud case, holding that the prosecution failed to prove her involvement in the alleged cheating scheme beyond reasonable doubt.The case related to investments collected in 2007 for a purported textile import business that allegedly promised high returns to investors….
Dada Bhuse said, “The Maharashtra government is fully committed to the preservation, promotion, and propagation of the Marathi language.” MUMBAI: Maharashtra education minister Dada Bhuse on Monday announced that Marathi will be a compulsory language from Classes 1 to 10 across all schools in the state.According to news agency ANI, he warned of strict action…
